The wife of the Nigerian Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, Mrs Toyin Saraki has taken to her social media page to share her congratulatory message to the families of late Chief MKO Abiola on finally been recognized by the federal government with a posthumous award.
Mrs Saraki who was reacting to the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari declaring June 12 as the new date for the annual Democracy-day celebration, to honour the late Chief Abiola, said it was a well thought out gesture from the government, a thing that has been long overdue.
She also congratulated the family on the posthumous award of the Grand Commander Of the Federal Republic GCFR conferred on the late MKO, which is the highest honour in Nigeria.
Mrs Toyin Saraki putting a Photo on the late Chief said:
I also congratulate Hafsat and the entire MKO Abiola family for the posthumous recognition of her father and patriarch, the late Bashorun M.K.O Abiola, as the duly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria during the 1993 election and his posthumous honour with the title of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR). Knowing how she and her siblings fought long and hard to see this day, I commend her tenacity and dedication to the course for which her parents lived and died for. Like many Nigerians, I am glad to see the efforts of the late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola recognized and his legacy to democracy immortalized.” – #toyinsaraki